On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Sam Liddicott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Its not a matter of which language implements the interface but which > language consumes the interface. > > > The interface may still be implemented in C but vala code will be writen to > call upon the interface. > This is true in the special case of C and Vala. I was referring to the more general problem of using GIR to interface between any languages X and Y. Like Vala to a pygobject-based python script. > Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 28 June 2008 17:33 > To: Sam Liddicott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Vala] True vala introspection > > I see. This brings an interesting point -- the current form of gir does not > seem to have any way to indicate the language that implements the interface. > Right now of course it is assumed to be C. It would probably work for Vala, > but e.g. a code generator would not know that it needs to target Vala rather > than C or something else. There are other considerations for cross-language > support, like supporting dynamically-typed languages by making any type > specifications optional. > >
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